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Hooverphonic

Dream pop
Dream popTrip hop

Hooverphonic is a Dream pop and Trip hop act. Their sound grew out of Isaac Hayes, Depeche Mode, Massive Attack, Morcheeba and Apollo 440. Those roots explain a lot about how Hooverphonic arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Tricky, DJ Vadim, Moloko, Portishead and Massive Attack, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lunascape, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Hooverphonic, reaching back through Isaac Hayes and forward to Lunascape. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
HooverphonicIsaac HayesDepeche ModeMassive AttackMorcheebaApollo 440Fiona AppleSarah BrightmanYoko KannoLunascapeTrickyDJ VadimMolokoPortisheadMassive AttackSneaker PimpsRJD2Thievery Corporation

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Hooverphonic connections

Hooverphonic grew out of Isaac Hayes, Depeche Mode, Massive Attack and Morcheeba, shares an orbit with Tricky, DJ Vadim, Moloko and Portishead, went on to shape Lunascape. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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